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in south korea, care of the environment is a major government policy. for example, the island which houses 92 million tons of garbage is now an ecofriendly series of five parks now known as the world cup park complex. we visited sky park. to generate a sustainable ecosystem on a transformed mountain of trash, 30,000 butterflies were released into the park. it's hard to imagine while standing in this beautiful space you are also standing on what was once a mountain of garbage. >> it's more than 300,000 square meters and prior to becoming a park this area used to be the garbage dumping site for about 15 years. it -- by 2002 when the city of seoul hosted the world cup, this area had been transformed and reborn as an environmentally and ecofriendly park. since the world cup in 2002, the sky park has become a popular place the citizens of seoul to get rested and exercise. >> what was once nothing but a huge mound of trash just a few years ago is now a green spot of natural beauty from which tourists and residents can look out over the entire city from 22 loo
in south korea, care of the environment is a major government policy. for example, the island which houses 92 million tons of garbage is now an ecofriendly series of five parks now known as the world cup park complex. we visited sky park. to generate a sustainable ecosystem on a transformed mountain of trash, 30,000 butterflies were released into the park. it's hard to imagine while standing in this beautiful space you are also standing on what was once a mountain of garbage. >> it's more...
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because the environment there is very fragile. yes, we've had droughts there since the 1909s -- 1909s. >> if you look at those in the perspective of the last thousands of years of history, we haven't seen anything yet. what we consider a drought is actually pretty much better than normal for that part of the world. the population growth that that area has concern chad is due largely to immigration is simply unsustainable. there already is not enough water to sustain the population there. >> how is it working? if you say there's not enough now, how come -- nobody is dying of lack of water? >> well, there's still -- >> or aren't wars in the west as there were in the 1800s over water rights. >> some civillizations were wiped out they think because of drought. but there is still water that is banked from the years of lots of rainfall. the wattle is that has diverted to california which uses water very differently than some other places. but the real engine there driving consumption of water is the number of people who live there. ther
because the environment there is very fragile. yes, we've had droughts there since the 1909s -- 1909s. >> if you look at those in the perspective of the last thousands of years of history, we haven't seen anything yet. what we consider a drought is actually pretty much better than normal for that part of the world. the population growth that that area has concern chad is due largely to immigration is simply unsustainable. there already is not enough water to sustain the population there....
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population stabilization to protect the environment. its focus had narrowed to women's full access to the whole range of fertility and birth control options. other environmental groups either dropped the u.s. population issue entirely or dropped discussion of u.s. overpopulation and turned instead to developing nations' population problems. in 2004, the "los angeles times" broke the story that hundred million dollar sierra club donor david gelbaum told the group's top official the sierra club would never get money from him if it addressed the population-related immigration issue. >> what happened to the sierra club was just an intensified microcosm of what happens throughout all the environmental groups. but the sierra club is the -- sort of the most tragic, because they were the most out-front. the sierra club, back in 1970s, had a very clear policy that they would work for population stabilization. and then they got a potential funder who was willing to give $100 million. the "l.a. times" reported years later that he said, "you can ne
population stabilization to protect the environment. its focus had narrowed to women's full access to the whole range of fertility and birth control options. other environmental groups either dropped the u.s. population issue entirely or dropped discussion of u.s. overpopulation and turned instead to developing nations' population problems. in 2004, the "los angeles times" broke the story that hundred million dollar sierra club donor david gelbaum told the group's top official the...
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environment." that's a description of a kind of study that's done on middle-class children in good environments. if you do the same udy on children in bad socioeconomic environments you find it's 10% genes and 90% environment. so if you have a lot of gin net i can pen potential, yo can make good at that wherever you are. but environmt is at least as important in controlling different kinds of ctors. >> rose: both positively and negatively. >> positively and negatively. so these things never act alone. there's always an interconnection between genetic factors and environmental factors and a complex human process like intelligence. >> rose: we're just beginning to understand the complexity of the brain. where are we trying to get? where do we want to be halfway to? >> make i can use the genome as the great example or metaphor for this. a decade ago we wer trying to get the sequence of the genome and we thought once we had that sequence we wouldunderstand human biology. (laughter) well, we understood
environment." that's a description of a kind of study that's done on middle-class children in good environments. if you do the same udy on children in bad socioeconomic environments you find it's 10% genes and 90% environment. so if you have a lot of gin net i can pen potential, yo can make good at that wherever you are. but environmt is at least as important in controlling different kinds of ctors. >> rose: both positively and negatively. >> positively and negatively. so these...
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mabu. >> the global environment tonight. and that is "worldfocus" for this thursday evening. be sure to check out our website, worldfocus.org. you can find much more news and analysis. i'm daljit dhaliwal in new york. thank you for joining us. we hope to see you back here at the same time tomorrow night. until then, have a great evening the same time tomorrow night. until then, have a great evening and good-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> "worldfocus" is made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future.
mabu. >> the global environment tonight. and that is "worldfocus" for this thursday evening. be sure to check out our website, worldfocus.org. you can find much more news and analysis. i'm daljit dhaliwal in new york. thank you for joining us. we hope to see you back here at the same time tomorrow night. until then, have a great evening the same time tomorrow night. until then, have a great evening and good-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>>...
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in in extreme environments and still alive. i said tommy what is it, you are not necessarily more physically gifted and notnecessarily stronger, you are certainly physically gift all of those things but you are not this incredible athlete that is just born this way. and in fact he lost a finger in an accident, he cut a finger off and so he is doing this minus one of his fingers. >> rose: as important finger. >> an important thing and he thought a long moment and said, i can remain focused and suffer for the big thing. longer than anyone else. and i think that is what -- the curiosity keeps him going but once they get their hands on what they see as the thing, he don't let go. and they can stay wit and suffer for it. so your question about the elements of leadership, i really go to -- you asked for four. i will five you. >> rose: take as many as you want, two or seven. >> two or seven. one, have deep confidence. the most important leadership skill is clearly the ability to make great people decisions, and to put people in the ri
in in extreme environments and still alive. i said tommy what is it, you are not necessarily more physically gifted and notnecessarily stronger, you are certainly physically gift all of those things but you are not this incredible athlete that is just born this way. and in fact he lost a finger in an accident, he cut a finger off and so he is doing this minus one of his fingers. >> rose: as important finger. >> an important thing and he thought a long moment and said, i can remain...
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how we had conquered that environment. how we robb to the people of their rights -- robbed the people of their rights, their material rights. america was the place more critical to do with in trying to change the way in which the systems work. if i can change america and american foreign policy and help get people into office to bring a moral mission as well as a spiritual insight into what they should be doing, we sit in a place where the opportunity for change resigns -- resides, it is like -- unlike anyplace. tavis: pushing america makes you a greater patriot or any great? -- an ingrate? >> i do not dwell too much in the minds of others. [laughter] early on when the response was filled with such an immense because i backed nelson mandela and they were defined as communists and terrorists and people who were filled with negativity, everyone i saw who they were denouncing were the people to whom i was attracted. eleanor roosevelt. when they first branded a communist, i was supposed to have felt horror. i did not feel that
how we had conquered that environment. how we robb to the people of their rights -- robbed the people of their rights, their material rights. america was the place more critical to do with in trying to change the way in which the systems work. if i can change america and american foreign policy and help get people into office to bring a moral mission as well as a spiritual insight into what they should be doing, we sit in a place where the opportunity for change resigns -- resides, it is like...
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that is how you create diverse environment and university system. i think it's important, we can separate, sure, there are failures in k-12 education, we have to deal with those but that's no excuse for banning affirmative action in colleges and universities. that leads to then the kine of diversity that we need to see in our workforce. >> don't you -- on some level don't you think -- i know if you're hillary clinton had been elected president i know that no where would anybody feel it was necessary to give women -- to make women part of affirmative action any more. don't you think if the country has elected an african american president that you can say on some level that, yeah, still exists but certainly not at the level wilt was when affirmative action was started. >> you know a way that you can argue just because -- i celebrate president barack obama's election to president but that doesn't mean we fought all the problems, that inclusion and diversity we have lot of work to do. i think that we have to set about doing that work, we need to improv
that is how you create diverse environment and university system. i think it's important, we can separate, sure, there are failures in k-12 education, we have to deal with those but that's no excuse for banning affirmative action in colleges and universities. that leads to then the kine of diversity that we need to see in our workforce. >> don't you -- on some level don't you think -- i know if you're hillary clinton had been elected president i know that no where would anybody feel it...
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tavis: tell me more about how our environment shapes that? >> there is a culture that speaks to this. part of a, -- part of it, not to change the conversation, is not using words like in eight and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere -- using words like innate and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere. i am not saying that there are things not out of your control, but we're learning more and more about how to tap into the psychology of this, build skills in all these areas. it is no accident that runners, swimmers, chess players, and the skill that you can imagine in the 21st century, we are all better than one-half years ago, 200 years ago, -- better than 100 years ago, to add years ago, so we're transmitting this knowledge. tavis: you actually give tips on how to advance the genius process. one of the items is practice. you also talk about the fact that it is about how you speak to your child, how you speak to the person's a new universe. did not surprise me, i have lived this, it is fascinating to
tavis: tell me more about how our environment shapes that? >> there is a culture that speaks to this. part of a, -- part of it, not to change the conversation, is not using words like in eight and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere -- using words like innate and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere. i am not saying that there are things not out of your control, but we're learning more and more about how to tap into the psychology of this,...
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turkey is in that kind of an environment. they pivot well, ukraine doesn't, they're stuck with russia. taiwan is stuck with mainland china. >> rose: so you want the ability to pivot. >> you desperately do. >> rose: you want two bidders. >> you absolutely -- dush want to play the field in this environment you want more than two bidders. >> rose: canada is a good place because they have all the energy. turkey is in a good place. who else is in a pivotal place. >> i would say almost all of subsaharan africa, they don't get just get crabbed by china. everyone wants a piece and not just because of commodity. it's also because 50% urbanization. they are developing better governance, they are getting educated, women are getting educated, more sustainable demographic. >> rose: what you have here is no country can veto. >> uh-huh. >> rose: countries. >> yeah. >> rose: countries can veto. >> countries can block. >> rose: they can block but they can't necessarily build the kind of winning coalition. >> yeah. that's where we are. you kno
turkey is in that kind of an environment. they pivot well, ukraine doesn't, they're stuck with russia. taiwan is stuck with mainland china. >> rose: so you want the ability to pivot. >> you desperately do. >> rose: you want two bidders. >> you absolutely -- dush want to play the field in this environment you want more than two bidders. >> rose: canada is a good place because they have all the energy. turkey is in a good place. who else is in a pivotal place....
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90% environment. okay? so if you have a lot of genetic potential you can make good of that wherever you are. but environment is at least as important in controlling different kinds of factors like intelligence. >> rose: both positively and negatively. >> both positively and negatively. absolutely. >> so these things never act alone. there's always an interconnection between genetic factors and environmental factors in a complex human process like intelligence. >> rose: we're just beginning to understand the complexity of the brain. where are we trying to get? where do we want to be halfway to? >> maybe you can use the genome as a great example or metaphor for this. a decade ago we were trying to get the sequence of the genome and we thought once we had that sequence we would understand human biology. well, we understood some things. the book of life. and it was help informal some ways. i mean, it helped us to know, as corey said, that there were 25 genes. we thought there would be 100,000. it wasn't t
90% environment. okay? so if you have a lot of genetic potential you can make good of that wherever you are. but environment is at least as important in controlling different kinds of factors like intelligence. >> rose: both positively and negatively. >> both positively and negatively. absolutely. >> so these things never act alone. there's always an interconnection between genetic factors and environmental factors in a complex human process like intelligence. >> rose:...
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is it fair to say if the environment collapses, the economy collapses? >> of the environment collapses, the economy will be severely affected, and up until now, the chinese have been given authority to growth, and they have taken the position that the west of france industrialization without rigid the west advance industrialization without impacting the -- taken the position that the west advance industrialization without impacting the environment, but how rapidly china can deal with it is the question. tavis: when you get to china and get the chance to talk to the people, are there things they say off the record now? i have been there a few times. i have heard people are concerned about corruption in government, so i asked to what degree is corruption another form of instability or an impediment to the progress you speak of. >> corruption is one of the big challenges to chinese stability , and it is certainly true that when you have such a vast country that corruption is one of the big challenges. >> your critics have raised the issue repeatedly that yo
is it fair to say if the environment collapses, the economy collapses? >> of the environment collapses, the economy will be severely affected, and up until now, the chinese have been given authority to growth, and they have taken the position that the west of france industrialization without rigid the west advance industrialization without impacting the -- taken the position that the west advance industrialization without impacting the environment, but how rapidly china can deal with it...
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the environment is only one challenge. the other is the rampant in equality between the rich and poor. in shanghai alone, there are some 9 million migrant workers. they are the ones sweeping the streets and working in the factories. there has been serious protests from workers about their mistreatment. authorities have pushed back hard but you can only keep a lid on inequality for so long. in this communist country where workers are supposed have the same month in the gis as the lead, most of the kids of migrant workers to not go to schools like these. -- workers are supposed to have the same opportunities as the elite. they go to schools that are separate and unequal. parents everywhere will put up with a lot if they think that their kids will have it better. that is a reality not lost on the chinese government. now, in certain areas, mineworkers' kids are getting a break. -- migrant workers' kids are getting a break. with my friend and colleague dr. cornell west, i spent some time at this school just outside shanghai whe
the environment is only one challenge. the other is the rampant in equality between the rich and poor. in shanghai alone, there are some 9 million migrant workers. they are the ones sweeping the streets and working in the factories. there has been serious protests from workers about their mistreatment. authorities have pushed back hard but you can only keep a lid on inequality for so long. in this communist country where workers are supposed have the same month in the gis as the lead, most of...
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so the natural environment remained untouched. but since 2000, south koreans have lobbied hard to visit the area. now, south korea is trying to rebrand the area as an eke key tourism spot. on this day around 0 people took a tour to the dmz. it's popular as the county is only several hours drive from seoul. the visitors trek 18 kilometers around the falls. they see wildlife and admire the natural surroundings. they can get a look at about 600 species of plants and animals. this includes rare spe >> translator: the environment is really beautiful. i'm relaxed as it feels like i'm breathing air that is more than ten times fresher than that of seoul. >> reporter: more than half a century has passed since the fighting stopped. now, an increasing number of young people do not know much about why korea is splitting too. the itinerary includes sights from the korean war. the north tunnel mounts a surprise attack against the south. the tourists can also learn about the war at a museum. >> translator: this tourist studies at school. it's ma
so the natural environment remained untouched. but since 2000, south koreans have lobbied hard to visit the area. now, south korea is trying to rebrand the area as an eke key tourism spot. on this day around 0 people took a tour to the dmz. it's popular as the county is only several hours drive from seoul. the visitors trek 18 kilometers around the falls. they see wildlife and admire the natural surroundings. they can get a look at about 600 species of plants and animals. this includes rare spe...
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president we've had in a long time, possibly the most pro-environment. but there are plenty of people in this country who are more concerned about businesses and bulge us out of the recession than they are about lowering carbon emissions or restricting factories so that they don't spew a lot of pollution into the air. is there common ground on this issue? >> lisa jackson: i do believe there is. the president has said over and over that the clean energy agenda he's trying to push, and that's on purpose. we talk about energy and we talk about renewables. we talk about energy efficiency. we talk about the fact that when you get more renewable power, when you cut down on the amount of foreign oil you need, when you hire more people to do weatherization and make our homes more energy efficient, all those things lead us to a cleaner air future. so they deal with things like climate change, and they deal with those other nasty pollutants i described before. and the president has made it clear, you don't have to choose one or the other. you don't have to decide
president we've had in a long time, possibly the most pro-environment. but there are plenty of people in this country who are more concerned about businesses and bulge us out of the recession than they are about lowering carbon emissions or restricting factories so that they don't spew a lot of pollution into the air. is there common ground on this issue? >> lisa jackson: i do believe there is. the president has said over and over that the clean energy agenda he's trying to push, and...
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it's a totality of heart, soul, mind, strength, family, environment. it is essentially your environment. >> reporter: pastor murray earned his reputation as an old lion as a leader of the civil rights movement in california from the very beginning. despite his quiet, humble demeanor, he has won many battles and concessions from the city and state, including one that the police would no longer hoho suspects in choke-holds. pastor j. alfred smith is another old lion who led the civil rights movement in northern california. he is senior pastor emeritus of the allen temple baptist church in oakland. >> the church was the civil rights movement because the church understood the meaning of "go down, moses, and tell old pharaoh to let my people go." the church understood the meaning of saying "we shall overcome." >> reporter: and after they led the struggle against segregation and police brutality and eventually forced congress to pass civil rights legislation, it was black pastors who calmed the fury of the la race riots in 1992. then things changed. many bla
it's a totality of heart, soul, mind, strength, family, environment. it is essentially your environment. >> reporter: pastor murray earned his reputation as an old lion as a leader of the civil rights movement in california from the very beginning. despite his quiet, humble demeanor, he has won many battles and concessions from the city and state, including one that the police would no longer hoho suspects in choke-holds. pastor j. alfred smith is another old lion who led the civil rights...
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you can't have a safe environment for an underground mine in these upper coal seams. >>reporter: but activists say mountaintop mining is creating anything but a safe environment. i meetbo webb beside an elementary school that lies directly beneath an active surface mine...one he's convinced is poisoning tharea with dangerous coal dust and chemicals... >>webb: the american school board journal came in hereit and did a story and their investigation showed that 10 people, students, staff teachers had died of cancer that attended this school in the previous 6 years of their report.. >>reporter: however coal industry supporters say surface mines are both legal and safe. and while they admit active sites aren't pretty, they point out that companies are required by law to eventuallyrestore mountains to either their approximate original contour, or, in a state where naturally flatland is rare...levelled off to encourage development, like at this former site... >>jong: so any kind of flat area that you can create in your opinion is valuable obviously economically. >>horton: ab
you can't have a safe environment for an underground mine in these upper coal seams. >>reporter: but activists say mountaintop mining is creating anything but a safe environment. i meetbo webb beside an elementary school that lies directly beneath an active surface mine...one he's convinced is poisoning tharea with dangerous coal dust and chemicals... >>webb: the american school board journal came in hereit and did a story and their investigation showed that 10 people, students,...
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but genes are also the servants of the environment. their expression can be my lated but by learning by social experience. so genes are importantly influenced by environmental contingency. >> rose: with respect to aggression or anxiety but aggression are there gender differences? >> there certainly are. there's good evidence in rodents that the brains of male mice are more hard wired for aggression than the brains of females may. it's not that female mice and rats don't show aggression, they show aggression when defending their young against a threat for sure but if you look at the circuits in the brain and the cells that control aggression and certain key regions of the male brain there are actually more neurons in those regions than the corresponding regions of the female brain. there's actually a difference in the relative size of those areas and that may relate to the increase prod pencety for aggressiveness in the males of species like rats and mice. so the female drosophila will fight with each other, as will male drosophila, alt
but genes are also the servants of the environment. their expression can be my lated but by learning by social experience. so genes are importantly influenced by environmental contingency. >> rose: with respect to aggression or anxiety but aggression are there gender differences? >> there certainly are. there's good evidence in rodents that the brains of male mice are more hard wired for aggression than the brains of females may. it's not that female mice and rats don't show...
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and there's a new environment. the east coast of the united states is waking up to what could soon be a super storm. 140 kilometers per hour winds battering large areas as the hurricane grows in strength. sandy is expected to bring with it a life-threatening storm surge. these are live pictures from new york. the city waking up in darkness at the moment. in maryland, residents are bracing for the category one hurricane. this is live from maryland. 50 million people are affected on the east coast. schools and transport has been closed down. mandatory evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people caught in low-lying areas of new york city. the stock market is closed in new york. national air travel affected. many airlines affected and have had to cancel flights in and out. another piece of breaking news, 17 people have abandoned ship while stranded at sea off north carolina because of the hurricane, according to the u.s. coast guard of. teen-person crew took light jacket and went into the lifeboats -- a ten-person cr
and there's a new environment. the east coast of the united states is waking up to what could soon be a super storm. 140 kilometers per hour winds battering large areas as the hurricane grows in strength. sandy is expected to bring with it a life-threatening storm surge. these are live pictures from new york. the city waking up in darkness at the moment. in maryland, residents are bracing for the category one hurricane. this is live from maryland. 50 million people are affected on the east...
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and this is stunning because of its environment and fascinating because it borders on the dmz. a few days before the stickle broadcast of this program, north korea attacked south korea. we made the decision at the time to delay this broadcast. this is america" may be even greater interest to you now. >> this was brought here by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. and the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the league of arab states representing 350 million people and 22-member countries. tendaro family trust, and yet no comfo communications, and the american life network. several years ago, "this is visited dmz.it di the armistice was signed here at the end of the korean war. the dmz, which extends 350 miles across the korean peninsula is 2.5 miles wide. the dmz is not a straight line across the korean peninsula. it actually redrew earlier boundaries, which separated the countries. so that today some of north korea and landmarks are now in south korea. on this trip we visited another area of
and this is stunning because of its environment and fascinating because it borders on the dmz. a few days before the stickle broadcast of this program, north korea attacked south korea. we made the decision at the time to delay this broadcast. this is america" may be even greater interest to you now. >> this was brought here by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. and the american federation of teachers, a union of...
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in fact, environment affects aggression in fruit flies almost as much as genes. so you can show that if you socially isolate flies, you just let one fly grow up from its pew pa in a vile and then test its aggressiveness, those isolated flies are much more aggressive than flies that have been housed in groups. and this is also true throughout the animal kingdom. socially isolated... >> rose: so if you're isolated you'll be more aggressive. >> you'll be more aggressive. >> rose: i knew that. (laughter). >> and so here's an important example of an environmental influence on aggression. now, that doesn't mean that genes are not involved in this effect. as we heard from joe le doux earlier, the environment can act on neurons to turn genes up or to turn genes down. in people, for example, and kerry alluded to this earlier in his discussion, childhood trauma has an extremely important influence on how aggressive you are. so there's an example of a mutation in a gene called monoamine oxidase which pre-disposes people to aggression but much more so in people who have been
in fact, environment affects aggression in fruit flies almost as much as genes. so you can show that if you socially isolate flies, you just let one fly grow up from its pew pa in a vile and then test its aggressiveness, those isolated flies are much more aggressive than flies that have been housed in groups. and this is also true throughout the animal kingdom. socially isolated... >> rose: so if you're isolated you'll be more aggressive. >> you'll be more aggressive. >> rose:...
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but we can do something about our environment. so finding ways to actually modify the function of genes through understanding these external environmental factors, and we know this could help many brain disorders would be fascinating. just like the toxic chemicals; there has got to be good chemicals or good environmental factors. i'd like to know them. >> i think from discussions such as this, one can see that, in a reasonable period of time, we go to get an insight into what we can do with our children in order to bring out the best in them. but in addition, we can go one step further. we've really not used science to improve the educational process. it would be nice if we could have an impact in pedagogy on how to really optimize the experience of pre-school children and children in school in order to have them assimilate knowledge better. they have this enormous capability that they're born with, and often school takes it out of them. and we need to create an environment in which kids can use this. >> rose: absolutely. >> the b
but we can do something about our environment. so finding ways to actually modify the function of genes through understanding these external environmental factors, and we know this could help many brain disorders would be fascinating. just like the toxic chemicals; there has got to be good chemicals or good environmental factors. i'd like to know them. >> i think from discussions such as this, one can see that, in a reasonable period of time, we go to get an insight into what we can do...
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the environment agency still does not get its nanette three- time. they have run off into the forest. -- the environment agency still does not get its man every time. they have run off into the forest. we will wait here to see if they come back. it seems like a longshot to me. it is not just the attitude of the government that is changing. john carter is an ex u.s. special operations soldier. ranchers and farmers have traditionally been the baddies in these stories. -- badies in the stories. but john had a change of heart. it took me out to a project he set up. that is absolutely amazing. >> today is the day they were supposed to be hatched. the first jaguar i saw was in 1993. he was about 10 feet away from me. it is an exhilarating experience. it epitomizes the amazon to me. it epitomizes that frontier while the wilderness that still exists. i always tell my wife, when there is a day when there is no data are left in this region, that is when i want to -- no ja guar in this region, that is what i want to leave. >> john took me to see one of the memb
the environment agency still does not get its nanette three- time. they have run off into the forest. -- the environment agency still does not get its man every time. they have run off into the forest. we will wait here to see if they come back. it seems like a longshot to me. it is not just the attitude of the government that is changing. john carter is an ex u.s. special operations soldier. ranchers and farmers have traditionally been the baddies in these stories. -- badies in the stories....
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even though they know it's killing haiti's environment. marsellis luis is typical that way. >> the land is mine, and i have no other means. >> the trees are burned into charcoal and used for cooking and to heat homes. in haiti, gas stoves are too expensive, and electricity a luxury. black charcoal is everywhere. sent into market to fuel family shacks, roadside snack bars and primitive restaurants. while millions create homes from trash, and where sewage and food mix freely, environmental concerns are the realm of the privileged, foreigners or workers. everyone else is trying to survive. george worley has watched the destruction of haiti's environment for decades, he says the haiti of today is far from the beautiful green island he remembers. >> it's a nightmare. it's a nightmare. >> is there anything left to save in haiti.or has it alreadyd killed and put to rest environmentally. >> we do have the people, and that's the challenge we have to work for right now. >> people cannot stand in the way of nature or stop mudslides that bury an entir
even though they know it's killing haiti's environment. marsellis luis is typical that way. >> the land is mine, and i have no other means. >> the trees are burned into charcoal and used for cooking and to heat homes. in haiti, gas stoves are too expensive, and electricity a luxury. black charcoal is everywhere. sent into market to fuel family shacks, roadside snack bars and primitive restaurants. while millions create homes from trash, and where sewage and food mix freely,...
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discussed during a recent visit to china, including the good and the bad of china's economic boom, the environment, human rights, and the complexity of u.s.-china relations. our round table conversation on china is coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street, a boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from the viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: i am pleased to be joined by a terrific and distinguished panel. first up is john chan, former chair of the c-100. cindy fan is the dean of social sciences dominic king is the ceo of east west bank here in california. and the ambassador who serve as liaison to china for director steven spielberg. let me start with you. we were t
discussed during a recent visit to china, including the good and the bad of china's economic boom, the environment, human rights, and the complexity of u.s.-china relations. our round table conversation on china is coming up right now. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is the cornerstone we all know. it is not just a street, a boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis with every question...
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there are things we do that work very well that alter the environment. in washington, we have a path along the potomac going back to the old days. it is the enormously popular. people job, bicycle, did everything along this canal. if you tried to build it today, there would be an enormous environmental outpouring against it, and he he tried to remove it, there would be an enormous help warring against it, so as the world gets more crowded, complicated, as we worry more about the environment, i think it is time for us to think about what we do that is a kind of instructive -- constructive intrusion that changes things but not for the worse. i feel that way about dams. they change things, but they produce electricity. there is change, but change is not necessarily bad. it does not necessarily mean desecration, but i think we should decide what it is that leaves a good impact often, that is a big rather than small thing. a lot of small things, lovely in themselves, are not so lovely en masse. roads are like that. shopping centers. all of this feeding over o
there are things we do that work very well that alter the environment. in washington, we have a path along the potomac going back to the old days. it is the enormously popular. people job, bicycle, did everything along this canal. if you tried to build it today, there would be an enormous environmental outpouring against it, and he he tried to remove it, there would be an enormous help warring against it, so as the world gets more crowded, complicated, as we worry more about the environment, i...
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. >>> the global environment. can this country learn something from soure going green has become a national obsession? >>> and our "signature" story on "saving the children." imagine your kids having to do this. the effort to bring a better life to some of pakistan's destitute. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> hello and good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. we begin tonight by taking note of the eighth anniversary of the u.s.-led invasion of afghanistan. the aim was to defeat the taliban and deny al qaeda a home base after the september 11th attacks, but today the taliban are resurgent, the war has become increasingly deadly for america and its allies and osama bi
. >>> the global environment. can this country learn something from soure going green has become a national obsession? >>> and our "signature" story on "saving the children." imagine your kids having to do this. the effort to bring a better life to some of pakistan's destitute. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by...
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i hate to sound animalistic but a submarine environment is a unique environment. then there is the other issue of pregnancy. on ships now, i found it interesting the navy does not keep statistics on the number of women that become pregnant under way and have to be taken off ship, interestingly enough, but it happens and what are you going to do on a submarine. >> do what they do with any other military hospital which is they now give out plan b so that is exactly with it is for. >> someone suggested that, if a woman is going to serve on a submarine they have to be on birth control or something like that, but you can't force women to do it. i hope these are things the military has considered. you can't evac them, you can't surface and compromise their position because someone finds out they're pregnant. these are realistic concerns, as long as military readiness and effectiveness is not compromised, i'm all for it but some people question if that is the case. >> all right. from women at sea to a woman tweeting an abortion. to tweet or not to tweet? that is the ques
i hate to sound animalistic but a submarine environment is a unique environment. then there is the other issue of pregnancy. on ships now, i found it interesting the navy does not keep statistics on the number of women that become pregnant under way and have to be taken off ship, interestingly enough, but it happens and what are you going to do on a submarine. >> do what they do with any other military hospital which is they now give out plan b so that is exactly with it is for. >>...
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he says buddhism's views of the environment are both moral and spiritual. >> buddhism believes that we are all interrelated not only among human beings but to all sentient beings including animals, nature, river, the trees, the cloud, the sun, the moon, they all related. we are brothers and sisters so if you harm any of these you harm yourself. >> buddhists' primary motivation, primary goal is to end suffering, and destruction of the environment causes suffering on many levels. therefore, as monks it is part of our role to make people aware of this and to undertake actions to prevent this and to protect the forests that still exists. >> reporter: to protect to the forests, one monk did something radical, just as they are doing here now. he started tying orange robes around trees, in effect, ordaining the trees. >> he was called crazy. national newspapers called him to disrobe from the sangha, that was not appropriate behavior for a monk, he's misusing the religion. but meanwhile other monks began to do tree ordinations as well. "you can't ordain a tree. what does that mean?" people sta
he says buddhism's views of the environment are both moral and spiritual. >> buddhism believes that we are all interrelated not only among human beings but to all sentient beings including animals, nature, river, the trees, the cloud, the sun, the moon, they all related. we are brothers and sisters so if you harm any of these you harm yourself. >> buddhists' primary motivation, primary goal is to end suffering, and destruction of the environment causes suffering on many levels....
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how this simple act, cooking, damages the environment. >>> and you'll also visit the north pole where british scientists have made new disturbing discoveries about just how fast the ice there is vanishing. >>> plus, an italian profe is claiming that this beautiful music, one of the most widely heard classics of all time, is not actually written by beethoven. >> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. thank you for joining us. for most two weeks now, we have been reporting on a g wave of violence in pakistan, as that country attempts to contain the taliban. today, more bloodshed as teams of gunmen and bombers staged five separate attacks, killing at least 39 people. today's attacks came as president obama sign
how this simple act, cooking, damages the environment. >>> and you'll also visit the north pole where british scientists have made new disturbing discoveries about just how fast the ice there is vanishing. >>> plus, an italian profe is claiming that this beautiful music, one of the most widely heard classics of all time, is not actually written by beethoven. >> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is...